Competing norms : state regulations and local praxis in sub-Saharan Africa / Mamadou Diawara, Ute Röschenthaler (eds.).

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English
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Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2016]
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271 pages : map ; 22 cm.

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    "Explores what state regulations mean to people in sub-Saharan Africa in the light of already existing local norms with which new regulations compete. The contributions to this volume discuss the competing local, state, and international norms in a diachronic perspective and unfold the intricate ambivalences and contradictions that often characterize these regulations."--Page 4 of cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: What do people do when states are working? / Mamadou Diawara and Ute Röschenthaler
    • Pastoralism in the Office du Niger : norms and praxis in natural resource management / Boureima Touré
    • Governance and management of public health in Bamako : the operational challenges that result when nobody is fully in charge / Mamadou Diarra
    • Regulation of information and transparency in the grain market of Mali / Issa Fofana
    • A clash of norms : land rights in Navrongo, Upper East region of Ghana / Patricia Awiah
    • The doubtful business of extracting gold : challenges of environmental law in Mali's mining sector / Mbaye Bathé
    • People facing resettlement in Ekondo Kondo, Cameroon / Kerstin Schopp
    • Responsible practices with irresponsible effects : mining and involuntary resettlement in Kwale, Kenya / Andreas Jacobs
    • The proliferation of newspapers in Mali : successful pluralism or mismanaged regulation? / Bakary Doumbia
    • The duty to inform : Malian radio hosts between state control, social constraints, and gender roles / Anneliese Sozanski
    • Weddings without couples : Moghamo migrants in the United States and their families' mental strategies in Cameroon / Isaiah Afu.
    ISBN
    • 9783593506531 ((pbk.))
    • 359350653X ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2016592529
    OCLC
    961475286
    International Article Number
    • 9783593506531
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